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Cardinal Plant Coexistence Guides

Cardinal Plant is most often used midground and background, so these coexistence guides focus on other plants that can share that space and care envelope without turning the scape into a maintenance fight.

PlacementMidground
LightModerate
DifficultyIntermediate
FlowModerate (Standard)
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Giant Hairgrass

Eleocharis montevidensis

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
IntermediateModerate

Monte Carlo

Micranthemum tweediei

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate

Dwarf Chain Sword

Helanthium tenellum

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate

Mauritius Micro Sword

Lilaeopsis mauritiana

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate

Mint Charlie

Clinopodium brownei

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Vesuvius Sword

Helanthium bolivianum

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Downoi

Pogostemon helferi

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateModerate

Dwarf Hairgrass

Eleocharis parvula

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate

S. Repens

Staurogyne repens

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate

Slender Hairgrass

Eleocharis acicularis

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate

Water Violet

Hottonia palustris

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Baby Tears

Lindernia rotundifolia

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Ditch Stonecrop

Penthorum sedoides

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Japan Clover

Hydrocotyle tripartita

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate

Micro Sword

Lilaeopsis brasiliensis

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate

Water Rose

Samolus valerandi

Grows Well Together
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateModerate

Japanese Bamboo

Blyxa japonica

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Water Primrose

Ludwigia palustris

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Christmas Moss

Vesicularia montagnei

Grows Well Together
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerModerate

Japanese Cress

Cardamine lyrata

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Mermaid Weed

Proserpinaca palustris

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Purple Bacopa

Bacopa salzmannii

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

River Buttercup

Ranunculus inundatus

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateHigh

Weeping Moss

Vesicularia ferriei

Grows Well Together
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerModerate